Category: Test Kitchen

I love pasta. Macaroni and Cheese and I go way back. Don’t even get me started on my love affair with Fettucini Alfredo. I don’t think I could ever fully give up pasta (and the delightful, cheesy sauces I like to pair with them.) However, in an effort to cut back on white flour carbs in some of my meals, this bad boy has now found a home on my kitchen counter. Let’s hear it for Christmas gift spending money! Woot!

Paderno 3 Blade Spiralizer

After reading several favorable reviews, and seeing the positive comments on the brand by Ali at Inspiralized, I decided to purchase the Paderno 3 Blade Spiralizer. This model includes a skinny spiral, thick spiral and flat spiral blade attachment. I’ve only had it a few days, but so far I’m very pleased.

I have started as I suspect most spiralizing newbies do, using zucchini:

After spiralizing the zucchini, I patted them dry with a paper towel and then tossed them gently in a skillet with some olive oil before adding some leftover pizza sauce from the pizza I was making for the kiddies.

These were SO good. In fact, they caught the eye of a certain someone sitting next to me. Who ended up “helping” me with my lunch. So if your children aren’t keen on veggies, perhaps a spiralizer is the answer!

The next day, giddy to demonstrate the new gadget to the hubberman who had just returned from a business trip, I made some wraps.

These wraps included hummus, spiralized zucchini, sliced avocado, shredded carrots, and crumbled feta cheese. on a low carb, whole wheat wrap. They were “inspiralized” by a recipe by Ali over at Inspiralized.

We’re off to a fun start with this little gadget. I think my next project will be spiralized pickled onions.

Interested in spiralizing yourself? Below is the Paderno I purchased on Amazon if you are so inclined.

Sorry, we watched Wall-E again the other night and I couldn’t resist the little “in a cup” reference. 🙂

Earlier this week, The Ranting Chef posted a recipe for Breakfast Biscuit Cups that I just had to try. They turned out great! For my version of the recipe, I used a buttermilk biscuit recipe from the Better Homes Cookbook, egg, Jack cheese, and bacon. Hop on over to the Ranting Chef for the recipe!

By the way, I’ll be posting a Thanksgiving themed recipe every day next week…join me! The recipes start on Monday!